Obit of Newsome, Eugene - Comanche County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 18 Dec 2005 Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== :Post Cemetery--Fort Sill OK Lawton Constitution 24 Apr 2003 Eugene Newsome Funeral for retired Master Sgt. Eugene Newsome, 75, Lawton, will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Delbert Hughes, pastor, Westside Church of God, officiating. Sgt. Newsome died Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at his home. Burial with military honors will be at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. He was born April 27, 1927, in Lewisville, Ga., to Sampson and Sarah Watkins Newsome. He grew up in Wadley, Ga. He was a resident of Lawton, then lived in Mineral Wells, Texas, for 25 years. He returned to Lawton six months ago. He worked for the City of Mineral Wells water treatment plant. He retired from the U.S. Army on June 30, 1966. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Adam and Kathleen Newsome, Lawton; a daughter and son-in-law, Karin and Wayne Owens, Lawton; three granddaughters, Katie Ann Newsome and Vickie Dawn Wilkerson, both of Lawton; and Regina Michelle Owens, Fort Worth, Texas. Sympathy cards may be sent to the family at www.beckerfuneral.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html